So here's my roster that I tried to make different from anything anyone's seen before. Go ahead and rate it.
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A. Mario
1. Mario
2. Luigi
3. Bowser
4. Peach
5. Toad* - Wins most popular polls currently and finishes off the original eight characters of the Mario Series.
B. Donkey Kong
1. Donkey Kong
2. Diddy Kong
3. Dixie Kong* - Finishes the series off and was considered for Brawl.
4. King K. Rool* - Highly popular and requested.
C. Yoshi
1. Yoshi
D. Wario
1. Wario
E. Zelda
1. Link
2. Zelda
3. Ganondorf - New moveset involving magic/sword.
4. Impa - Replaces the aged-old Sheik
and gives the Zelda series a re-occurring character that isn't a link clone. She wouldn't be a entire Sheik replacement however and could still easily fit in as a unique character if Sheik is left in.
5. Tingle - Another occurring character that many people consider should be added. He is highly unusual making him unique, and has his own game series outside of Zelda.
F. Star Fox
1. Fox
2. Falco
3. Wolf
4. Krystal* - Highly requested and was expected to be in Brawl but wasn't. Not my particular favorite but Brawl needs more females and she has potential to not be a fox clone.
G. Metroid
1. Samus/Zero Suit
2. Ridley* - Impossible to not have.
H. Pokemon
1. Pikachu
2. Jigglypuff
3. Pokemon Trainer
4. Zoroark - Posterboy for Generation V.
5. Giovanni (Persian, Mewtwo, Tauros)
- Represents something new and brings back Mewtwo. Persian is inserted to troll Meowth fans, and Tauros brings something new being a four-legged pokemon instead of walking upright. (If you can't accept it, just replace with Mewtwo standalone)
I. Earthbound
1. Ness
2. Lucas with Bonney - Lucas isn't a complete clone but I feel he would be more awesome if he was remade with the dog in his moveset.
J. Fire Emblem - Subject to change when more information about next game comes.
1. Marth
2. Ike
3. Lyn - Female the series defiantly needs and Sakurai thought she was important enough to be a assist trophy.
4. Roy - Highly requested and popular. He can't be the only rep added for the series however.
K. Kid Icarus
1. Pit
2. Medusa - Gonna happen no matter what, highest requested character for the series and represents a female villain which SSB lacks.
L. Pikmin
1. Captain Olimar
M. Kirby
1. Kirby
2. Metaknight
3. King Dedede
N. Retro
1. Mr. Game and Watch
2. Ice Climbers
3. R.O.B.
4. Takamaru - Popular enough and has had new appearances in the last five years. Still represents Retro because he hasn't had his own stand alone game.
O. F-zero
1. Captain Falcon
P. Punch-Out
1. Little Mac - Obviously will be in SSB4.
2. King Hippo - Somehow popular enough with plenty of people. This series will eventually get a second rep so why not now.
Q. Other Series
1. Saki Amamiya - Sakurai likes him, and had tried to put him in Brawl. Hes coming like it or not.
2. Starfy - Popular series, also breaks the boundary to what we thought a character design in Brawl could be.
3. Isaac - Popular series and is now more requested since his assist trophy appearance.
4. Shulk - Xenoblade is one of the most pirated games for the Wii, around 950,000 copies. This series definitely deserves its representative for Brawl.
R. Third Party
1. Sonic
2. Snake
3. Megaman - One of the most iconic gaming images in history.
4. Pac-Man - See above
5. Chocobo -
The most iconic thing from Final Fantasy. It also represents the WTF and entirely breaks the boundary to what we thought a character in Brawl should be. This bird even has his stand alone games in the series such as Chocobo dungeon. If Ridley can be in, so can this bird. (If you can't accept the awesomeness, replace with Black Mage.)
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